Life Is A Spiritual Struggle
I was interested in this reading from the very start because he told it from a personal view and included details about his life and job that made it more fun to read. He is a teacher that takes kickboxing classes and is a good martial arts fighter. His students ask him why he does it, and his answer is never becuase he wants to fight or be a famous MMA fighter. It is for his own mental struggle. It teaches him to keep going and be tough no matter what. I agree with most of the things he talks about, but I don't like when people use the term "spiritual" so loosely. It is very good how he connects the traits of kickboxing and teaching to be basically the same qualities. I believe you can connect all sports to aspects of life, and that is one of the reasons I like sports so much.
Admittance To A Better Life
This is the story of a black man from the streets and his view on what education is. It relates perfectly to our class question, "what does it mean to be educated?" I think this quote from the passage almost sums it all up - "For me, education was the rabbit hole through which I escaped the underclass. I squeezed my 300-pound frame through that hole expecting others to follow and instead I find myself in a strange new land, mostly alone, and wondering at this new life." In his story, he uses education to get himself off the streets, and he will someday be standing in front of a classroom, teaching college students. I love how he used education to find a meaningful life for himself, and he is able to now take pride in what he does.
This I Believe
It begins by posing the question - "What makes a person smart?" This is a very interesting question to start a passage with, because it really drew me in. I was curious what they were going to say. Eventually, I discover that the author's grandmother came over in a boat when she was 21 years old. And she never had much education, she can't read or write, but she is an incredibly worker at a fabric store. She can do long math problems easily in her head, and is very good at both the metric and English numbering systems. Even though she isn't educated, she can do more with her head than most people who are educated. So, is she smart? Even though she didn't go to school? I think the answer is definitely yes. This story made me really think about education, and how if you can be great at what you need to be great at, it doesn't really matter if you're average at other things.
I was interested in this reading from the very start because he told it from a personal view and included details about his life and job that made it more fun to read. He is a teacher that takes kickboxing classes and is a good martial arts fighter. His students ask him why he does it, and his answer is never becuase he wants to fight or be a famous MMA fighter. It is for his own mental struggle. It teaches him to keep going and be tough no matter what. I agree with most of the things he talks about, but I don't like when people use the term "spiritual" so loosely. It is very good how he connects the traits of kickboxing and teaching to be basically the same qualities. I believe you can connect all sports to aspects of life, and that is one of the reasons I like sports so much.
Admittance To A Better Life
This is the story of a black man from the streets and his view on what education is. It relates perfectly to our class question, "what does it mean to be educated?" I think this quote from the passage almost sums it all up - "For me, education was the rabbit hole through which I escaped the underclass. I squeezed my 300-pound frame through that hole expecting others to follow and instead I find myself in a strange new land, mostly alone, and wondering at this new life." In his story, he uses education to get himself off the streets, and he will someday be standing in front of a classroom, teaching college students. I love how he used education to find a meaningful life for himself, and he is able to now take pride in what he does.
This I Believe
It begins by posing the question - "What makes a person smart?" This is a very interesting question to start a passage with, because it really drew me in. I was curious what they were going to say. Eventually, I discover that the author's grandmother came over in a boat when she was 21 years old. And she never had much education, she can't read or write, but she is an incredibly worker at a fabric store. She can do long math problems easily in her head, and is very good at both the metric and English numbering systems. Even though she isn't educated, she can do more with her head than most people who are educated. So, is she smart? Even though she didn't go to school? I think the answer is definitely yes. This story made me really think about education, and how if you can be great at what you need to be great at, it doesn't really matter if you're average at other things.